“Do everything to make students feel good in Toulouse”
- Nina Ochoa
What actions does the city propose for students?
The student life holds a place of choice in the policy of the city of Toulouse which offers nearly 70 actions. Among the most telling initiatives, I am thinking, for example, of those aimed atHousing assistance and Instal’Toit. This device consists of a 0-rate loan, without insurance or file fees. Students can also benefit from preferential rates in transport at the rate of 10 euros per month. The student card, called here MUT card, allows you to accumulate the university services (access to university restaurants, libraries, etc.), with subscriptions to municipal swimming pools, access to museumsetc Without forgetting Reception deska space dedicated to French and foreign students and researchers arriving in Toulouse to provide them with services and advice.
Can students submit proposals?
Various initiatives are moving in this direction. This is the case of Toulouse Council of Student Life. This participatory democracy body brings together volunteer Toulouse students to engage during a university year on a theme related to student life. They could then formulate concrete proposals to the municipal team, to act on their daily life. The voluntary student members come from all courses and levels of study, which makes it possible to have a representativeness of the Toulouse student population. Another participatory body, the Toulouse Youth Council open to 15-25 year olds who live, work or study in Toulouse, also with a view to proposing innovative projects that meet the needs of young Toulouse residents. Being myself a student, the students I receive and meet in the field do not hesitate to make proposals and healthy reviews. This allows the city to improve its policy towards this public. In the second half of 2022, will thus open Youth conferences, to go even further in dialogue, support and identification of reinforcement needs. Our goal is to provide lasting solutions.
What would you say to a young person who would keep settling in Toulouse?
Don’t hesitate for a second. The training offer meets all desires and Toulouse is a young and dynamic city. It is good to study and live there on a daily basis. It is a magnificent city, on a human scale, made up of welcoming and atypical micro-housing. The sweetness of life is real. It is for all these reasons and many others to discover on site that many students once graduated choose to stay in the pink city.
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